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Congratulations Mehnaz :)
my sister doesn't have stretch marks on her stomach.. she kept her belly moisturized during her both pregnancies she used regular body lotion and that worked for her..
my cousin used olive oil and she doesn't have stretch marks either.
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How about an update...its been a while.
For me Mashallah I have about 3 months left....time flies by. Anywayz mashallah the nausea and vomiting has stopped. I still have low BP and occassionally feel weakness, but for the most part I think I am doing a lot better. Now I just have swelling on my feet and knees. And then my legs just hurt a lot. And I am gaining weight all over...its horrible. Are you guys gaining weight all over or just the stomach????
And has anyone started shopping yet????
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Comgrats to all of you! May Allah make your pregnancies easy for you and bless you all with wonderful children, Ameen! Hubby and I are also TTC these days, Im so excited 
^ No offense to who posted that or to anyone who believes in that sort of stuff, but majority of those things have no basis in the Quran and Sunnah, its just things that people made up. Remember that all Power is in the Hands of Allah, and protection doesnt come from not looking in a mirror at night or reading a certain verse 145 times every Monday afternoon or taking a string as long as yourself and blowing on it to bless it or anything like that. Instead of all these things, what can really help and make a difference to protect and bless our children, is to always offer our daily prayers on time, pray nafl salah, read Quran and act upon its teachings, make loads and loads of du’a to Allah and increase in other good deeds to come closer to Allah, like giving charity, helping the needy etc. May Allah protect all of us and all of our children, those born and those yet to come, Ameen! Again I hope I didnt offend anyone, that was not my intention!
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he has not talked about any dua before or during the delivery or labor pain etc..
Pyaari, my due date is exactly four weeks away! I hope baby comes a week before that. It seems like to me that the baby has already dropped because I feel it lower now. I don’t know how long after this I should expect before I go to labor. 
but I have been feeling overwhelmed already.
How is everyone else doing?
^ me? sigh ..counting days…
…its not easy when u r 8 months old pregnent and have 10 months old to look after…
… but its all good.. 
…
What is everyone's update?
Are u excited Neera....ur due date is getting closer....mine is too...but I still have the summer to get through. I am kinda getting scared at the same time since it is my first one.
yourfriend...don't worry inshallah everything will get better. Time will probably go by so fast u won't even know it. I can't believe June is already here....I am excited and sared at the same time.
^^ with my first pregnancy I wasn't even scared a bit! But this time, I'm a little tensed. I just want it to happen on a convenient day like my day off and hubby's. I'm also scared of my water breaking this time, although it never happened the first time.
^ don't worry inshallah everything will be fine. How did u know to go to the hosp if ur water didn't break? did u have c-section???
Question for mothers: When u go to the mall alone with ur baby and u need to go to the bathroom....how do u manage that? I went to the mall today and wasn't even able to manage to go to the bathroom with shopping bags...
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^ lol, I have NEVER gone to the bathroom at the shops yet with my bubz.. I think I always plan it in away that we go to the loo beforehand and get back just in time incase I need to go..
there are days (when im at home) that i dont go all day long... now thats sad..
HI ALL,
SO i am due in last week of june,,, yeah so close MASHALLAH,,,,,,,,,,, still working full time,,, its good to keep yourself busy, THANKS GOD,, there is no big problem yet,everything is going so fine,,, me so happy and excited,, my MAT leave are starting from june 9th,,, wow,,,,,,,,,,,,,,i cant beleive that i am so closeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee to my lil baby,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
please pray for me,,
^ don't worry inshallah everything will be fine. How did u know to go to the hosp if ur water didn't break? did u have c-section???
Question for mothers: When u go to the mall alone with ur baby and u need to go to the bathroom....how do u manage that? I went to the mall today and wasn't even able to manage to go to the bathroom with shopping bags...
Pyaari, I did not have a c section. I was induced five days after my due date.
Pyaari, I did not have a c section. I was induced five days after my due date.
hey did you have a stress test before you were induced?
^ don't worry inshallah everything will be fine. How did u know to go to the hosp if ur water didn't break? did u have c-section???
Question for mothers: When u go to the mall alone with ur baby and u need to go to the bathroom....how do u manage that? I went to the mall today and wasn't even able to manage to go to the bathroom with shopping bags...
Whilst I don't yet have my own children I took my niece and nephew out a lot when they were very tiny and in prams/buggies.
I used to always use places where they had the 'parents room' or 'baby changing room' as they always have a lockable room with a parents toilet inside.
Most big shopping centres and department stores will have this
hey did you have a stress test before you were induced?
no I didn't. What is a stress test anyway?
no I didn't. What is a stress test anyway?
sorry, it's actually called a non-stress test. sometimes they do it a couple of days after you've passed your due date. basically, they just monitor the baby's heart rate and check to see if the baby is active/responding. it indicates whether the baby is doing okay or if its distressed.
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My pregnancy is going well, alhamdulillah, in the sense that I’m in my second trimester (20th week) and I feel the baby A LOT. Like, all the time. Cheeky bum started kicking about 3 weeks ago and it seems to be a really active baby. So far, I love this feeling. 
One thing I am not happy about is the weight gain. It’s very sudden, rapid, and A LOT. It is actually disturbing how much weight I have put on.
It’s way more than the expected amount you are supposed to put on.
I’m going for walks everyday, I don’t eat sweets cause I don’t like anything sweet at all these days. However, I’ve put on too much weight way too fast. I just weighed myself again and I’ve put on 3 more pounds within a day. 
Now I took a measuring tape and compared my measurements from before. The only place the weight is coming is my stomach, thank God. Every where else is the same.
Gosh, I don’t know how to control this weight gain. Cause at this rate, I will have put on more than I can handle. My mom didn’t gain more than 30 pounds for each of us. I don’t know why the heck I don’t have her genes.
Edit: I am reading the babycentre.co.uk website on weight gain where women are all whining about it … and I’m not the only one. Some women gained 100 pounds!!! SCARY!!
Everybody’s pregnancy is different. Inshallah, the weight will come off after the post-partum period.
9 months on … 9 months off. That’s my goal!!
sorry, it's actually called a non-stress test. sometimes they do it a couple of days after you've passed your due date. basically, they just monitor the baby's heart rate and check to see if the baby is active/responding. it indicates whether the baby is doing okay or if its distressed.
well in that case they must have done the nonstress test on me because my son was in stress and it wasn't a prescheduled induction. I just went to the hospital becasue I wasn't feeling any movements and after the procedural checking the doctor decided to induce me.
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hi, can i just ask one question,, i am having problem having intercourse with hubby, we are trying the syringe method, where he puts the semen in a cup and then we suck the semen in the syring, now last night i put the semen with the syring inside me, but when i went to the loo, it came out, now i want to know is the remaining bit of semen left inside me, cos i am so desperate for a baby. i really want one. we are thinking of ivf too. please share ur opinions.